Two problems with new version:

WP had been using both links and blogroll inconsistently, and that had created a lot of confusion (I've answered so may questions about where the blogroll widget was (it was called links that I could just scream). They have now gotten consistent, and everything having to do with blogroll and links is referred to as links.

Thanks. Getting them consistent was good, but I would recommend that the next time they to a major rebuild they send us all an email saying "This is what it used to be; this is what it is now; and this is what has been aded/deleted."

If I were a bad person, that would be the day I hit wp w/ a DNS attack. No way would I expect a heads up on such a big roll as this, that's suicide. Can you imagine the problems if the he//makers of the 'nets knew about the roll out prior-to? That would make this weekend look like paradise.

The email wouldn't be, but the DNS attack they'd start because they were given the warning would be. You wouldn't mind the new dashboard, because you'd never get close to seeing a Dashboard, because much of WP.com would be down. And WP has been targeted several times already we know.

If you were in the forums you'd have seen the many requests for the upgrade in the weeks leading up to this, and staff's comments that the changes were on their way, but no specific date mentioned. And there is a long post about the new features at the top of your dashboard right now, on the right-hand side, under WordPress.com News:http://wordpress.com/blog/2008/04/04/new-dashboard/

Is there a way of going back to the old version? This new version is not very helpfull, I just can't add a picture thumbnail, it keeps displaying it full size. Also I can't seem to make a picture link to a page that will take comments. Even if I edit the link manually, it keeps making it so that it links to the picture itself. I might as well just write my page in html :S